JoeCamel
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Billboard and Disney Store now complete on I-Drive:
Does this mean Universal gets to put a globe in Lake Eola?
Billboard and Disney Store now complete on I-Drive:
I don’t think DVC’s target audience is people without preexisting Disney reservations strolling into a store from I-Drive.So, I was wondering why Disney felt the need to add this store on I-Drive? Especially with the reservation system and all reservations being full, what's the point of another ticket outlet with some retail?
Turns out it's really a DVC sales point, so now it all makes sense. I have to wonder if they'll be offering park access to the tourists on I-Drive if they take a DVC tour as a bypass to the reservation system. In town and don't have a reservation for Disney? Just get a time share sales pitch and you can take your family to the Magic Kingdom despite blockouts?
I think you’d be surprised.I don’t think DVC’s target audience is people without preexisting Disney reservations strolling into a store from I-Drive.
A shockingly high number of people who buy DVC are people who have never heard of it and are first-timers (or first few visits) - people make big decisions 'in the magic'.I don’t think DVC’s target audience is people without preexisting Disney reservations strolling into a store from I-Drive.
I think you’d be surprised.
A shockingly high number of people who buy DVC are people who have never heard of it and are first-timers (or first few visits) - people make big decisions 'in the magic'.
Give the man money he will build itDoes anybody know what happened to the polercoaster? Is it officially dead?
She has to be mistaken and meant tons or was misquotedToday there was a meeting held about the future development of I-Drive with particular emphasis on Epic Universe's impact. It was held at Rising Star (Citywalk) and proposals and plans were presented:
More than $4 billion in developments planned for International Drive's future
The focus was on improving the north part of International Drive where the only tourist attraction is Dezerland Park.www.wesh.com
The WESH news story had some aerials of EU construction as well.
Same old Developers' stories and grandiose promises, that rarely ever reach fruition. We've been experiencing that in Pittsburgh for many decades. As you said, believe it when I see it.....Heh, remember that Developer that owned the Epic property before he had to sell it off. .....Always lots of shysters and con men in that field. Faking their net worth and all that stuff, to get development financing and tax breaks.Much like the Poller Coaster, I'll believe all of this stuff when I see it. Second floor of Pointe been sitting empty for 3 years, nothing been touched, yet the I-Drive org claims new bars opening next year.
I think the apartments might win out in the end, given the "secret" entrance to I-4 Expressway. Ironic that it may be non-tourists who bring that area up.South I-Drive has a collection of good attractions that you can seamlessly walk between. North I-Drive is littered with apartment buildings and strip malls. Making the crosswalks prettier isn't going to fix that
EU could be a tipping point for more interest in I-Drive, and Universal's adding hotels on I-Drive I think has encouraged more development/re-development.